Yearly Archives: 2019
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Insiders Insight: Huawei accused of helping governments spy
African Arguments is and always will be freely-accessible to everyone. But we also have a separate spin-off product called the Africa Insiders Newsletter. It consists of weekly emails with additional snappy insights ... -
Insiders Insight: Malawi’s president is under siege
African Arguments is and always will be freely-accessible to everyone. But we also have a separate spin-off product called the Africa Insiders Newsletter. It consists of weekly emails with additional snappy insights ... -
Nigeria: Survey shows decrease in homophobic attitudes. Kind of.
Some findings show progress. Others paint a more complex picture. Last month, Nigeria’s most popular gossip blog Linda Ikeji republished a post from the Facebook account ... -
Cameroon’s three deepening divides all have one thing in common
The Anglophone conflict is not the only crisis facing Cameroon. After 37 years under President Paul Biya, Cameroon is arguably at its most divided yet. Various ... -
Eritrea: Is political change really on the horizon?
Looked at one way, President Isaias’ rule is more fragile than ever. Looked at another, his grip on power is only getting firmer. For many years ... -
Insiders Insight: Ethiopia sets new tree-planting record
African Arguments is and always will be freely-accessible to everyone. But we also have a separate spin-off product called the Africa Insiders Newsletter. It consists of weekly emails with additional snappy insights ... -
Colonialists didn’t fail to root out Africa’s tribal politics. They created it.
In the West, rulers used notions of race to subjugate black people. In Africa, they used ethnicity. Standing in line at a Nairobi polling station to ... -
Cash and contradictions: On the limits of Middle Eastern influence in Sudan
Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt have been heavily involved in Sudan following al-Bashir’s downfall. But not everything is going their way. In Sudan, the revolutionaries ... -
Ethiopia: Whatever happens, Sidama needs negotiations
Within five months, the Sidama will get the chance to vote on whether to establish their own federal state. But that won’t be the end of ...
